Justices decide not to hear Okla. medical abortion case

10:07 PM,
Nov. 4, 2013

Written by

Richard Wolf
| USA TODAY

The Supreme Court won't consider Oklahoma's appeal seeking to reinstate its law banning medical abortions, such as those performed with the drug RU-486.

The decision comes after Oklahoma's Supreme Court said the law, which would restrict the use of several abortion-inducing drugs to their labels, effectively bans all medical abortions.

That apparently was enough for the justices to leave alone the lower court decision striking down the law. But similar controversies in other states, including neighboring Texas, make it possible another case will reach the high court eventually. ...